***Heads Up: Obama Live Right Now Holds A Town Hall Meeting In Lynchburg, VA***

[Hope And Change]

Watch it here:

http://origin.barackobama.com/live/

http://edition.cnn.com/video/live/live.html?stream=stream2

[Hope And Change]

1. Kick!

[IndyOp]

2. Thanks much!

Oh, good! This election is about reviving the ideal that our lives are to be about service to community and service to country - I like that!

:applause:

[vaberella]

3. "Giving the government back to the American people"--earlier speaker

that's exactly it...

Thanks for starting this and I'm totally excited by this start.

:kick:

[gblady]

4. thanks.....

got home just in time....

[Muttocracy]

5. kick - Webb will be there too!

[elizm]

6. He's going in to the lion's den again...that is a very conservative area...

..as in Jerry Falwell's Lynchburg, VA.

[Muttocracy]

9. Liberty University police are making sure noone uses their parking lot down the street

:eyes:
(not their main campus)

[Muttocracy]

12. Local paper calls the area "in play"!

Why Lynchburg?

That was the question on many people’s minds Tuesday as the city prepared for Barack Obama’s campaign stop this afternoon at E.C. Glass High School.


And, why the high school? That question popped up in an online forum at Liberty University, where presidential hopefuls including Republican John McCain have spoken.

Some of the political rationale for the Obama strategy emerged Tuesday while police, school officials and campaign staffers coordinated plans for a presidential campaign visit that’s all the more rare for Lynchburg because the candidate is a Democrat.

“Democratic campaigns have not made a strong play, and have not devoted resources to this area in the past,” said Kevin Griffis, Virginia communications director for the Obama campaign.

“We know we might not win in some of the more traditional Republican areas, but we think we can do a significantly better job than in the past,” Griffis said. “We’re not going to be able to do that by ignoring” Central Virginia, he said.

...

http://www.newsadvance.com/lna/news/local/article/lynchburg_visit_signals_area_in_play_for_obama/7543/

[earthlover]

13. I am from Lynchburg area, and i resent you calling our town falwell's....

For one, he is dead. Second, he never succeeded in owning us when he was alive, try though as he might.

Lynchburg is not monolithic. There are lots of votes for Obama here. He may not carry the city, but if he keeps it close in areas like Lynchburg, Northern VA will come through to bring the state into Obama's column.

[Muttocracy]

19. that's great to hear :)

[elizm]

21. Since I come from one of the Reddest communities in one of the Reddest states in the country...

I can assure you it wasn't meant to offend.

[AzDar]

7. Thanx for the heads-up!

[vaberella]

8. The no. text for VP 62262. When we send message saying "VP" we find out tomorrow. n/t

[medicswife]

11. the guy did say, "In the morning" didn't he.

But after that, he said, "I don't know when it's going to be." So, I though the same...."Hooray! Finally! In the morning, I'll know...." But, then he qualified his 'tomorrow' statement......

[vaberella]

14. A text response should be sent in the morning. He said, he didn't know "WHO" it was going to be. n/t

[Muttocracy]

15. # or signup here:

http://my.barackobama.com/page/s/firsttoknow

[SpookyCat]

34. Sweet! Thanks!

[annabanana]

10. thanks!. . .n/t

[Muttocracy]

16. back on! nt

[FrenchieCat]

17. Yep!

I'm gonna listen and work.....and pay no mind to the chicken littles!

Fired up and ready to turn Virginia BLUE!

[Muttocracy]

20. nevermind - working again. nt

[vaberella]

18. Wow, I'm shocked. There's some serious energy. I haven't seen this in a while. n/t

[gblady]

22. they are fired up......

ready to go....great to hear!

[FrenchieCat]

23. They were barely letting Sen. Webb talk!

[gblady]

24. they are eager

to get to the Main Man!

[vaberella]

25. Exactly. A lot of noise a lot of screaming it's like a concert. It's crazy from such a small

group. I'm getting excited by the excitement.

[jenmito]

27. And there wasn't even a rock band playing first to attract them!

You know how the Repubs. try to minimize his crowds with excuses like that.

[vaberella]

26. Who's keeping tabs of the no. of streamers watching on Obama's site? It's almost at 1600 viewers.

[mucifer]

28. kick!

[Muttocracy]

29. kick! nt

[tomg]

30. He is kicking on this.

He sounds great, and he is going after McCain where it matters - on McSame's and the GOP's bankrupt policies.

[Muttocracy]

31. "drill here, drill now, wherever he happens to be standing" :-D

[tomg]

32. He just did it.

He asked "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago." And he said, "this question isn't original to me. It's from Ronald Reagan."

[Muttocracy]

33. and he went after Fox news and the crowd booed!!! nt

[tomg]

35. I am loving this. nt

[AlinPA]

36. re: Talking about dirty campaigning, he whacked Fox "News".

Saying "It gets a good play on Fox "News"". Then people there booed (Fox).

[Muttocracy]

37. I do wish he'd shorten his answers just a bit so more ?s can be asked. nt

[Muttocracy]

38. there are a couple older folks behind him in camera view

who have gone from sitting quietly at the start to standing up and cheering :)

[Muttocracy]

39. we can't shoot first and aim later in foreign policy! right on! nt

[Muttocracy]

40. tells John McCain not to follow in Laden to gates of Hell - just do the job in Pakistan! nt

[Muttocracy]

41. talking about us having no standing with Russia because we broke intl engagement rules. nt